Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on changes to minimum income requirements for family visas.

On the 10th September 2024, the Home Secretary commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the financial requirements in the Family Immigration Rules.

The MAC has completed a call for evidence which gathered the views of stakeholders and those affected by changes to family rules and saw more than 2,000 responses. The comments received will inform the review being conducted by the MAC.

There have also been representations in the form of parliamentary questions and written correspondence both from members of both houses and members of the public.

On 20 January Members of Parliament took part in a debate regarding the MIR in Westminster Hall.

The findings of the MAC review will be carefully considered by Ministers alongside other representations received.

There will be no changes to the current threshold of £29,000, until the MAC review is complete.